CHAKALAKA doesn’t deny that he stole a train. Speaking to Daily Sun from Sun City Prison, south of Joburg, 32-year-old Thapelo “Chakalaka” Mege remembers the day in March 2005 when he and a friend jumped into the driver’s compartment and started pushing buttons.

ISIDINGO Brad is worried by Palesa’s reaction to the attack on them and decides to take matters into his own hands. Priya tells Charlie that her warning to Ben will make life easier for her, but Ben has other plans.

THE FAMILY of a little boy who went missing for a night is very worried. This is because he came back with scratches and muthi on his body. The two-year-old from Mbekweni in Paarl, Western Cape went missing on his way home from creche last Monday.

NEO SOUL and R&B singer Afrotraction received a warm welcome in Durban. On Saturday he won a Metro FM award for the best African pop album. Following his four nominations for the awards, Afrotraction, who was born Mzwandile Moya (32), took home the African pop prize.

WHEN thugs attacked the Ibrahim family in their home, they phoned the cops. But help didn’t come – because the police officers were fast asleep at the station! Now a father and his daughter are fighting for their lives in hospital after being shot, while the son was hit on the head with the butt of a gun.

LAUGHABLE is the word Zwelinzima Vavi used as he dismissed suggestions that he was pulling a publicity stunt. The Cosatu general-secretary is accused of trying to divert attention from a possible impending suspension by boycotting a central executive meeting.

AMAZULU will fight to the death to avoid being relegated at the end of the season. Usuthu head coach Steve Barker was delighted with his side’s 5-2 win over SuperSport United at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on Sunday, but knows they are not out of danger and have a long, tough road ahead.

EXCITED fans stood with their cellphones ready to take a picture of themselves with their hero Wilson B Nkosi . . . But they were in for a rude surprise! The Metro FM DJ made it clear that he didn’t want any pictures taken of his appearance at the One and Only in KwaMashu on Sunday.

THE four electricians are tired of waiting for their money. “While Siyabonga is living the good life we are going hungry,” said four men employed by Siyabangena Construction, which was founded by the Orlando Pirates star Siyabonga Sangweni.

A WAR between 10 pupils belonging to rival gangs recently led to a number of them landing up in hospital. The fighting at New Eersterust Secondary School in Tshwane had allegedly been going on for weeks but things got ugly when a gang member asked friends from outside the school to help him against his enemies.

A MALE nurse has been charged with the attempted rape of a 16-year-old patient. The 44-year-old nurse, who works at Job Shimankana Tabane Bleskop Hospital, appeared briefly in the Rustenburg Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Clearwater Mall on Johannesburg's West Rand was evacuated today due to a bomb threat, paramedics said. "We can confirm that there has been a bomb threat at Clearwater Mall," ER24 spokesman Russel Meiring said.

MAMELODI Sundowns have warned DR Congo club TP Mazembe to come prepared ahead of their Caf Champions League tie on the weekend of 13-15 March. The champion DR Congo side are next in line to face the Brazilians in the Champions League first round.

KELLY’S latest love, Bhaka, is at home – nursing an injured eye after Kelly allegedly stabbed him with her fingernail! On the surface, their fight may have been about Kelly’s make-up, but, said Bhaka, it was really because he won’t leave his wife.

MAMELODI Sundowns talisman Teko Modise has played down suggestions that he will take over Alje Schut’s role as team captain next season. The influential Dutch defender will hang up his boots at the end of the current campaign, leaving coach Pitso Mosimane with the task of appointing a new skipper.

FAMILY and mourners had to block their noses as they buried Gaebolae Leburu last Saturday. His body came from the mortuary in a very bad state. His flesh and some body parts were falling away from his body.

NIGERIA’S Super Eagles might be flying into the country to play Bafana Bafana later this month, if rumours making rounds are to be believed. And this was a stroke of good luck for coach Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba’s side, since time was running out for the SA Football Association (Safa) in its battle to find crowd-pulling opponents in the Fifa international calendar week.

MASKANDI legend, Phuzekhemisi, is starting on a new journey in his life! “Phuzekhemisi”, real name Zibokwakhe Mnyandu, has claimed 23 awards in his lifetime but feels there’s still more for him in the acting industry.

An urgent application by Khulubuse Zuma to have claims of approximately R1. 5 billion against Aurora Empowerment Systems set aside, will be heard in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday, the Sunday Independent reported.

KALAWA Jazmee guru and Metro FM DJ, “Oskido” real name Oscar Mdlongwa, finds himself in the middle of a festival tender drama. Sunday Sun has learnt that local service providers who failed to make the cut at the Marula Festival have raised concerns over Oskido’s appointment.

FORMER Bafana Bafana andKaizer Chiefs assistant coachDoctor “16V” Khumalo and his wife Blanche have been sleeping apart for three years! And Blanche said this is the BIG secret that the couple has been keeping from the public.

ORLANDO Pirates star Thabo Qalinge has been asked to pay back the money in a skorokoro battle. Nomadlozi Shabangu, from Soshanguve, north of Tshwane, said her life has been a living hell for the past few months since she bought a car from the Bucs player.

DRAMA surrounding the late controversial music promoter, Prosper Mkwaiwa, is gaining momentum! Sunday Sun can reveal that Tina Dlangwana, second wife to Prosper, has taken most of the furniture from the house of her late hubby in Bronkhorstspruit.

THEY were said to have buried the hatchet. But Sunday Sun can reveal that last night’s Metro FM award winners hip hop stars “AKA”, real name Kiernan Jordan Forbes, and “Cassper Nyovest”, real name Refiloe Phoolo’s beef is still alive.

South Africa's ambassador to Japan, Mohau Pheko regrets saying she has a doctoral degree, when she does not. Pheko said yesterday she claimed she received her PhD from the American La Salle University in 2000.

South Africans have expressed shock and sadness at the death of radio presenter and traditional music DJ Saba Mbixane. Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa yesterday was shaken at the death of this legend of the airwaves that served the broadcasting industry with laudable excellence for over three decades.